Select div using wildcard ID

Question

How to select a div using it\'s ID but with a widcard?

If the DIV\'s ID is statusMessage_1098, I would like to select it in some way like document

Answer 1

Update for 2020:

Using jQuery you can do this

$("div[id^=statusMessage_]")

**Omit the single quotes.

I also often add a variable to the end:

$("div[id^=statusMessage_" + id + "]")